The Railway Issue, Labor, Money, Etc (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Cassius Marcellus Clay
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528354400
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Excerpt from The Railway Issue, Labor, Money, Etc I, too, lost every cent of my 86500, and told my lawyers to deed the city my lot and take a receipt against further robbery. Lands at this time are sold out to close mortgages in New Jersey, or abandoned, which, before the rail road system, were worth from one hundred to five hundred dollars. The people were sent to the poor house, but the robbers were wealthier than the great est monarchs of the world. Did they get transportation any cheaper by com petition Not a cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364797778
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Excerpt from The Railway Problem From the View Point of Both Capital and Labor Is not the true reason for the Railways brr king down under the heavy strain thrown upon them in run: by niv 'mal crops (and other industrial developments) Very apparent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Edward G. Ward
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330775851
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Excerpt from Depreciated Currency and Diminished Railway Rates During the summer of 1908 the daily press gave currency to rumors that the railways of the United States were considering a general revision of their schedules of freight rates with a view to obtaining increased revenue. Accompanying these reports were statements that the augmented cost of conducting the business of supplying railway transportation had made increased revenue absolutely necessary if wages were to be maintained at the existing level and interest obligations met. It was alleged that railway labor was costing vastly more than formerly, that locomotives, cars, rails, fuel, supplies and materials of all kinds, had increased greatly in cost and that while these changes had been in progress railway rates had remained substantially stationary or had, upon the average, declined. The meaning of these statements, if they could be accepted as accurate, was clearly that there had been a material decline in the value of the money received by the railways which, not having been offset by a corresponding increase in the sums received for particular services, amounted to a genuine decline in railway rates. Further, it was plain, that if such a decline had taken place and had proceeded so far as to endanger the current wages of railway employees or to render doubtful the ability to earn interest on bonds or a fair return to investors, the employees of the railways and owners of railway property were justly entitled to such nominal increases in rates as would, in part at least, offset the real reductions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Frank S. Ingoldsby
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267684700
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Excerpt from Railway Economics: A Treatise on the Problem of How to Increase the Earnings of Freight Equipment Canada and Mexico, and as the average cost of old and new rolling stock was at least per car, the total cost of this equip ment was approximately and as it stands idle twenty-two hours out of each twenty-four (equalling we have nearly wastefully earning noth ing and being slowly but surely lost by decay. These facts naturally suggest the inquiry Why do these costly cars stand idle over 90% of their lives? Is it because there are more cars than is needed to carry the freight of the country? If so, the remedy is simple - buy less equip ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Charles Steven Sikes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266155102
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Excerpt from Railway Accounting Good accounting in railroad work, as well as in any other business, is absolutely essential for the protection of the income and the outgo. In addition to safe guarding the revenues, the results from accounting when properly applied by executive officers assist materially in the reduction of operating expenses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Massachusetts Bureau Of Statistics
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265275719
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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Excerpt from Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor in Steam and Electric Railway Service in Massachusetts: June 1, 1916 The information presented in this report was obtained. Chiefly from printed or typewritten Rules or schedules furnished by the officials of the several steam railroad and electric railway companies, and of the several labor organizations concerned. Steam Railroads. The data for the steam railroads are as of the date May 15, 1916, having been brought up to that date in order that the numerous changes which have become effective since the first of the year might be included. The nature of these changes is explained in general notes to matter having reference to the several branches of service and by specific notes to such occupations as were affected by other than the usual increases in rates granted on any single railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: James Mavor
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243180820
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Excerpt from The English Railway Rate Question TA useful summary of important decisions is given by Professor Hadley, Railroad Transportation, p. 183. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: J. S. Jeans
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265195444
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Excerpt from Railway Problems: An Inquiry Into the Economic Conditions of Railway Working in Different Countries The purpose of the present work, as indicated in its title, is to inquire into the economic circumstances of railways in the principal countries of the world; to compare them, in their broadest and most comprehensive aspects, as regards their development, their traffic, their receipts, their working expenditure, their present financial condition, and their future prospects. This is undoubtedly a considerable, and is likely to be regarded as an ambi tious, undertaking. That it is one of not a. Little difficulty and enormous labour the author is fully aware. That such a work, at the very best, must leave much to be desired, he is also conscious. But he is, nevertheless, hopeful that, with all its imperfections on its head, the present volume may, to some extent, answer the everyday requirements of railway authorities, railway shareholders, railway freighters, and the general public all of whom possess, in varying degrees, an interest in the subjects dealt with. Intended, as it has been, for the use of a wide area of railway interests, the work is necessarily of considerable range and this circumstance may probably be found to be at once its chief merit and its greatest defect. To have treated exhaustively any one of the many subjects dealt with would have involved a fulness of detail, a precision of analysis, and other characteristics that were impossible of attainment in one volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Association of Railway Executives
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334772092
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Excerpt from Miscellaneous Statements, Etc. In Connection With Hearings Before the United States Railroad Labor Board, Concerning the Various National Agreements, and the Rules and Working Conditions Requested by Various Organizations Rules agreed upon by the individual railroads with their employees can be so constructed as to give employees who are members Of the same craft, but employed in different departments, all of the protection to which they are justly entitled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Edmund B. Ivatts
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333350826
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 616

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Excerpt from Railway Management at Stations Both for economy and training purposes nothing surpasses the introduction of a reasonable number of well-educated youths of about fifteen years of age, but certainly not over sixteen years. Too many, however, of these at a station weaken the character of the staff, while too few or none at all has the same effect, because there is then no introduction of new young blood. As the child is trained in the nursery and thence becomes a boy in a public school, so a youth is trained in the rudiments of a railway office, and growing to man's estate becomes an experienced railway clerk. One most important principle of staff organisation is to avoid vesting the chief efficiency of the work upon a few of what may be termed pivot men, who, if suddenly withdrawn, will cause confusion and serious disturbance of the work. This can be cheaply and certainly met by a discreet intermixture of youths among the staff. A youth after three years working, from fifteen to eighteen years of age, is often quicker and able for more routine work than a man of twenty-five years of age. Thus, as a general principle of working, an agent should strive to work up a second hand able in an emergency to fill any particular post. In no other way can permanence and progressive efficiency be attained. The grasp of mind necessary for railway organisation is rarely found in the every-day young man. It requires a combination of mental qualities peculiarly blended and allied with a practical detail knowledge of the business. There is a certain preciseness necessary in the organiser who is constantly obstructed by the daily emergencies that arise in the working of the traffic. A station agent employed in arranging the receipt and despatch of goods necessarily has his mind more or less full of expedients indispensable to carrying on such duties. Expedients and a proficiency in applying them readily to all circumstances that arise, render the mind somewhat callous to the advantages of methodical plans. As a comparison it calls to mind the man who trusts to his memory with the man who systematically makes memoranda. The man of expedients is a man of tact, and the bias of his mind is rather to trust to this qualification than to the building up of organisation. The man of expedients is usually busy and in a bustle because he has always something special to arrange, while the organiser having brought everything within the scope of his system quietly watches the progress of his arrangements, fits in improvements wherever he sees an opportunity, and provides for such matters that daily occur as may require incorporating into the general system. For examples illustrating these two characteristics take the American and the Frenchman. The American is all expedients - he rushes at his work with an impetuosity and determination to accomplish his aim. To use his own expression he piles into it, and generally succeeds when the work can be accomplished by forcible spasmodic efforts. His quick adaptation of the means to the difficulties and the leverage he puts on, often carry him through successfully. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.